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I think there is a difference between increased prices with the release of new hardware and increased prices of the same hardware during its life.

Even with the price increase from both companies gaming is still a pretty cheep hobby in money per hour of entertainment.



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Kyuu said:
IcaroRibeiro said:

I miss the days when PlayStation used to be an affordable platform. The price of their services is insane

I can't justify paying so much just for cloud saves and online play

The only thing keeping me from dropping it entirely and going fully over to PC is the lack of physical games for PCs. If the PS6 follows the Switch 2's strategy regarding physical games being more expensive and requires a mandatory purchase of a disc drive like the PS5 Pro, then I'm done with PlayStation

Prices are getting crazy. But since the PS4 launched, I only subscribed to PS Plus for like 3 months in total lol. Get yourself a decent PC (it doesn't have to match PS5's specs) and use it for multiplayer games and other hobbies. A decent PC is never a bad purchase even if you don't game at all. I got mine for music and business and ended up gaming on it.

Lack of physical media on PC only started to bother me recently after I realized how cheap console gaming is if you aren't afraid of using platforms like eBay. Why is nobody talking about this? Physical basically enables you to play games almost free of charge even if you don't have many real life friends to trade your games with. It's a major advantage for active gamers.

I'm still pretty much 99% digital because my PC and the PS5 I'm using are digital only. The only physical games I got for the last 5 years were Tekken 7, Sekiro, and Tears of the Kingdom.

 Did exactly that. I built a PC with a GTX 4070 Ti. It's for playing strategy games and games that work better with mouse and keyboard. I'm canceling my PS Plus subscription. At this point is less expensive buy Baldurs Gate again on PC than keeping my PS Plus 

Physical is the reason why I have a huge library for my PS4. I used to buy lots of used games and change games too. The problem is PS5 don't have the same userbase, is way too expensive and even the games are more expensive. It might have a decent used market in maybe 4~5 years, but right now I'm playing 350 BRL for each game

PC really became the least expensive route. I'm using my BF library on Steam now and there are dozens of games to play now, I'll withhold of buying games for a while except for key releases

That's said I miss playing on the couch. After spending a day lookin to a monitor for work, It's relaxing to turn on the TV and play. 



GoOnKid said:

I love your thread. 

You know, I own all PS consoles so far, even a PSP. However, 4 and half years in and I still don't own a PS5, and it looks like I never will. The damn thing is way too big. Besides, 99% of the games catalogue is uninteresting, I am sorry to say that. Only three games are on my watch list so far: Stellar Blade, Final Fantasy XVI and Tekken 8. Way too little for that price.

I can wait.

Arn't there like ~11,300 PS4 games and like ~6k+ PS5 games?

Only 3 games look appealing to you?



JRPGfan said:
GoOnKid said:

I love your thread. 

You know, I own all PS consoles so far, even a PSP. However, 4 and half years in and I still don't own a PS5, and it looks like I never will. The damn thing is way too big. Besides, 99% of the games catalogue is uninteresting, I am sorry to say that. Only three games are on my watch list so far: Stellar Blade, Final Fantasy XVI and Tekken 8. Way too little for that price.

I can wait.

Arn't there like ~11,300 PS4 games and like ~6k+ PS5 games?

Only 3 games look appealing to you?

Those 11,300 PS4 games don't count since I have a PS4. And from those 6k+ PS5 games a whopping total of three games is on my watch list, yes indeed. And I am pretty informed about video games, mind you. Still only three after four and a half years. Meanwhile the Switch 2 will give me three games that I want to have within the first two months already.



I'll be abandoning consoles altogether soon enough. My PS5 is now just a way to play Astro Bot for my daughter and plex server for my wife and I.

I can't justify purchasing games for multiple platforms anymore. Concerned about not having physical games on PC? Just buy your games on GOG and pull down the offline installer. Put it on as many flash drives/hard drives to your hearts content.



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Now do the opposite thread, give us six reason why you are.



You forgot to mention that PS5 games are cheaper than Mario Kart World!



The_Liquid_Laser said:

You forgot to mention that PS5 games are cheaper than Mario Kart World!

Not for long and not everywhere 



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Qwark said:

Nintendo is also trying uncharted waters by asking for a fee for better framerates and resolution on old gen games on the new much more powerful system.

Uncharted waters? So that $10 fee to upgrade PS4 to PS5 version of games is what, donation for charity?



G2ThaUNiT said:

I'll be abandoning consoles altogether soon enough. My PS5 is now just a way to play Astro Bot for my daughter and plex server for my wife and I.

I can't justify purchasing games for multiple platforms anymore. Concerned about not having physical games on PC? Just buy your games on GOG and pull down the offline installer. Put it on as many flash drives/hard drives to your hearts content.

As a bonus, ditch Windows too and install Linux with Heroic launcher for your GOG games. Remember, you don't own Windows either, just a license to use it.